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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

lucky

Lucky

Mary and her husband Jim had a dog, Lucky. Lucky was a real character.
Whenever Mary and Jim had company come for a weekend visit they would warn
their friends to not leave their luggage open because Lucky would help himself to
whatever struck his fancy. Inevitably, someone would forget and something
would come up missing. Mary or Jim would go to Lucky's toy box in the basement
and there the treasure would be, amid all of Lucky's favorite toys.

Lucky always stashed his "finds" in his toy box and he was very
particular that his toys stay in the box.

Mary found out that she had breast cancer. Something told her she was
going to die of this disease... She was just so sure that it was fatal. She
went ahead and scheduled the double mastectomy with fear riding her shoulders.

The night before she was to go to the hospital she cuddled with Lucky. A
thought struck her...what would happen to Lucky? Although the three-year-old
dog liked Jim, he was Mary's dog through and through. If I die, Lucky will be
abandoned, Mary thought. He won't understand that I didn't want to leave him.

The thought made her sadder than thinking of her own death. The double
mastectomy was harder on Mary than her doctors had anticipated and Mary was
hospitalized for over two weeks.

Jim took Lucky for his evening walk faithfully, but the little dog just
drooped, whining and miserable. Finally the day came for Mary to leave the
hospital. When she arrived home, Mary was so exhausted she couldn't even make it
up the steps to her bedroom. Jim made his wife comfortable on the couch and
left her to nap.

Lucky stood watching Mary but he didn't come to her when she called. It
made Mary very sad but sleep soon overcame her and she dozed. When Mary woke
for a second she couldn't understand what was wrong. She couldn't move her
head and her body felt heavy and hot. But panic soon gave way to laughter when
Mary realized the problem. She was covered...literally blanketed... With
every treasure that Lucky owned!

While she had slept, the sorrowing dog had made trip after trip to the
basement bringing his beloved mistress all his favorite things in life. He had
covered her with his love. Mary forgot about dying. Instead she and Lucky began
living again, walking further and further together every night.

It's been 12 years now and Mary is still cancer-free.

And Lucky? He still steals treasures and stashes them in his toy box
but Mary remains his greatest treasure.

Live every day to the fullest.

The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most
credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones that
care.

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1 comment:

Eagle-eye Di said...

I enjoyed reading this Dan,thank-you.This tells it like it is.Love ya.

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